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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
Less adjustm't bonds Cancelled
STATE DEBT.
Its Reduction in Two Years Nearly
Half a Million.
LAND FUND.

The Indebtedness of the state is represented
by the following issues of bonds:
Railroad adjustment bonds, is
sue Of 1881, due i'll twenty
and redeemable in ten years,
AZ per cent So, &C., 1000 90
Revenue bonds issue of 1885, re-
deemabe at the pleasure of
the state, AZ per cent. 61,000 90
Total. S4,O26, 900 90
The state debt has been reduced in two
years $4,000. by the redemption of Sl39, 600
of revenue bonds and the cancellation of
1922, coo of adjustment bonds held by the iu-
ternai Improvement land fund. The balance
of the revenue bonds, S6l000, will be re-
deemed from the revenues of the current ifs
cal year. the internal Improvement land
fund is practically sinking fund for the re-
demption OF the railroad adjustment bonds.
That fund now holds securities to the amount
of 81, 52S, 627. The balance Of lands belonging
to this fund will, when sold add moro than a
million dollars to this accumulation and thus
reduce the state debt without taxation to less
than 81, 800 900.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06

Totals. ............- $4,000 $4,000 SAT, 700
The Winona school also asks an appropria-
lion fof q ladies' home, but no estimate of its
cost is given. The normal schools sustain a
prominent and most important relation to our
educational system, and should command in
The future as in the past. the fostering care
of the state. Their necessities increase with
the DEVELOPMENT Of the commonwealth, and
their requirements should receive such lib
eral consideration rs is bestowed upon all our
state institutions.
and repairs were at st. Cloud S2l, 5O0.35 and
at Wiuona 1,4S0. Us.
The enrolment was:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
STEAM BOILER INSPECTION.

The report of the board of inspectors of
steam boilers ana steam vessels, herewith
transmitted, exhibits q result OF its work
since the passage OF the law creating the
board, the inspection of rs steam vessels and
8. $50 steam boilers. of which latter "a were
condemned and SIS ordered to be repaired /;
393 chief engineer licenses were issued, I,4S7
assistant and $3.50 special. But one boiler
explosion is reported, resulting i'll the loss of
one life. The average loss of life from such
cause prior to the passage of the law is stated
by the report TO have been eight, thus clearly
demonstrating the utility of the service. The
law needs some amendment. the character of
which will be suggested by the inspectors in
a future communication.
INSURANCE STATISTICS.
The report OF the insurance commissioner
gives valuable information, and contains
MANY practical suggestions respecting the
insurance business transacted in the state.
Its aggi rate in 1885 was: Risks written,
S203, S2J.3S4; premiums received, 81 30, 31S. 10;
losses paid, Sl,26S, $3.50. The companies
paid in taxes and fees to the state S64, 7O5. 76
in 1885, and S15,0o9.57 in 1886.
LOGS AND LUMBER.
The several surveyors general report the
following statistics respecting the lumber in
tereStS of the state:
Feet Logs Scaled.
1855. 1856.
First district. 800, 02!,3S0 224.423. 800
Second district. ,262, 30 24S. ~, $50
Fifth diStrict........ 47,I1S,2I0 &c, 964. $50
Seventh district..... IS, 120, $40
Totals. 653, 4O2. $50 5S1. $50, 266
Feet Lumber Manu-
featured.
1885. 1856
First district. .149, 370.310 129. $50. 900
Second district. 49,. .376. 16O, $50 So $50, $50
Fifth district. .l2S, J2J.000 171.750, 600
Totals.... ....... 656,O51,O6O ga, $40, $50
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06
E DUCATB0N.
Over S6.00O.O0O Expended TO
Schools in Two Years.

The superintendent of public instruction
reports that lin all departments of our edu-
catonal system there has been uninter
rupted prosperity He, however, 10 $
some defects which detract from its harmon
ious working, and recommends in that behalf
such remedial legislation as will secure its
more perfect organization. i would es-
pecially call attention to his recommendation
that the common scho. organization be
G anged from the district to the township
nlan. The advantages OF this change are
succlncty set forth in the superintendent re-
port. and in his conclusions / cordially cen
cur. His suggestion, also, that the school
district or township furnish text books free to
all pupils is in the line of the policy of the
state that our common schools shall be made
free schools" in the fule,t Specification of
the term. From table i'll the superintend-
ent's report, showing the general distribu-
ton of the expense of instruction." it ap-
pears that with much higher rate of local
taxation the country districts of the state eX-
pend less per scholar than those in the cities
and towns. notwithstanding the children in
the latter receive over a third longer term of
instruction each year. These facts prove
that the property Of the country is bearing
an inequitahle burden Of taxation for educa-
tional purposes u hen we are reminded, too
that 1.-THE state is aiding by direct tax all other
departments of education, but is giving di-
Tectiy no such aid to the common schools
(the present mill tax being simply q COM
pulSory local tax, the thought is suggested
that we are neglecting the great source Of
education for the people. The superintend-
ent'S recommendation in this connection that
u special tax OF l mill be levied for the
benefit OF the common schools OF the state,
to be added to the present apportionment
from the income of the permanent fund, is
commended to your favorable consideration.
The theory OF our system is that the greatest
possible facility for an education shall be of
fered every child in the state. The greatest
burdens society bears arc the outgrowth Of
ignorance ana the vices with which it is esso-
ciatCd, and for their relief preventative infiu-
snce-, which education provides, are surely
more effective than the curative measures
furnished by our refOrmatOry and penal in
stitutions The education OF the masses is
limited to the instruction received in the
common schools. Comparatively few reach
the high schools or the university. 1t is the
first duty OF the state, therefore, and con
1ucve to its highest interest, TO foster and
aFvelop our system of common schools.
They are the schools of the people, and the
burden of their support should be borne by
siI the people equally, or as nearly so as prac-
tcabie.
There has been expended for the support
of schools for the past two years sc, I22.O77,
as follows:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-06

Total. ............S2,7 67, LOG s.. 354, 81
The enrolment in the public schools was
225,2l5 i'll 1855 and pa. 059 in 1855.
The state university had $40 students in
1855 and 406 in 1856. Under the able admin
istratlon OF President Northrop the uuiver-
Sity is making substantial progress in all re-
sDectS. Its efficiency is, however, somewhat
impaired by the lack Of buildings required in
some of its departments. The wants Of the
institution in this respect are fully set forth
in the report of the board of regents. Addi-
tional appropriations to the amount of Sl5U,-
UGU are required to provide structures needed,
and the regents make an earnest appeal to
your body tor that sum. Ii must be the pol
icy OF the state 10 make her university q
complete institution, and one that will COM
pare with the best of its class in the country
1t cannot reach the rank of those after which
1t Is modelled unless thoroughly equipped in
all its parts. The legislature has heretofore
responded promptly to the wants OF the uni
versty and do not doubt it will do so in the
present case. 1t is the judgment of the re-
gents, as expressed TO me. that the appropri-
alton might be distributed over a period of
three years. or S5U,O00 per annum, without
embarrassment 10 the university. There was
expended for new buildings during the past
year the sum OF $4,000.
For current expenses $4,000 per annum
will be required Tor the ensuing two years.
The high schools Of the state have increased
TO 90 and their enrolment to 3.lq5. In the
character of their work and results accom-
pliShed these schools have made much pro-
gress and give ample promise for the future.
The normal schools have increased their en-
rollment until the capacity of the Mankato
and st. Cloud buildings has become INSULT
cient for the accommodation of the pupils in
attendance, and appropriations are asked for
their enlargement.
The requirements of the three schools, in
addition to the annual appropriations for their
support, as reported by the board, are as
follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15
Gen. Grants Daughter.

The deep affection called forth by
Gen. Grants great qualities in the
hearts of his countrymen has naturally
caused his children to become objects
of sincere interest to the American
Nation. The famous ex-President's
only and idolized daughter has, above
all, been regarded with kindly SYM
pathy. | have lately read some inter-
esting particulars respecting Mrs.
Sartoris, and [ deem it no infringe
ment of her matrimonial affairs
Through no fault of her own, most
assuredly) have already attained, to
give them to the world. That her
marriage has been most ill-starred
one as regards the character and the
habits of her English husband no one
can for one instant deny. But what
is, | think, less known. are the courage
and strength of character that Mrs.
Sartoris has of late years displayed
under most trying circumstances. Her
marriage was one of passionate affec-
ton on her side at least. Her attachment
to her foreign Wooer was proof against
all the advice and the warnings OF her
friends She has accepted the conse-
quences of her act with courageou
dignity that is beyond all praise
Were she to leave her husband and in
sist upon Il legal separation, as it was
at one time widely reported that she
was about to do. he could by the laws
of England take from her her children,
and Mrs. Sartoris is too tender a
mother to contemplate for moment
such contingency. She is much be-
loved by her father-in-law. who is
very fond and proud of her eldest son,
fine boy, who has just been sent to a
public school. She has a house in
London this year, for the season, en-
tertains her American friends, and
assumes the position as head of her
own household, which Mr.. Sartoris
ought to take, and which she takes in
his stead Her beauty has matured
and ripened into an added brilliancy;
but, handsome, admired, and most
wofully welded, as she is, no charge.
even OF eoquetry, or Righteousness, has
been brought against her Such is the
true position of Il NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
state of affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15
Nothing to Say.

Nothin' to sav, my daughter. Nothin' at all
to savl
Girls that's in love- I've noticed, ginerly mas
their way
Yer mother did afore you, when her folks OBJ
jected to me
Yit here / am. and here you air, and yer
mOther-where is she?
You look lots like your mother: Purity much
same in size;
And about the same complected and favor
about the eyes.
Like her. too. about Twin here because she
couldn't stay;
It'll most seem like you was dead like her,
but haint got nothin to sayi
She left you her little Bible-writ yer name
acrost the page
And left her ear-bobs fer you, eff ever you
come of age.
T. allus KEEP EN- and gyaurded EN-, put if yer
goin away
Nothin' TO say, my daughter! nothin to say!
You don't rikollect her, I reckon? No; you
vast year old then
And now yer-how old air you? Why child
not twenty When?
And yer mex birthdays i'll Aprile? and you
wan to get married that day?
/ wisht yer mother was Evin!-but-
hain't got nothin' to sayl
Twenty year! and as good girl as parent ever
found!
There's straw ketched onto your dress there
III bresh it Oh-turn round.
(Her mother was jest twenty when us too ran
awayD
Nothn to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all
to sayl
james whitcomb Riley in the Century,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15

large an amount of mineral fertilizer
plenty of moisture was necessary,
which was retained by the field being
level. By cultivating the entire sur
face the fine earth served as a cover
ing, or mulch, thereby preventing
evaporation, as capillary attraction
drew the moisture up from below, the
connection, however, being broken
where the soil was stirred Hill Guilt
walton would not only have required
the hoe to a certain extent, but would
have caused the exposure of larger
surface to the air, producing greater
evaporation. Corn growers are aware
that the roots of growing corn extend
in every direction, aud feed as near
the surface as possible and for this
reason many farmers check their corn
in the rows and cultivate in both
directions, the desire being not to stir
the soil deeply, but to keep the surface
fine. But on stiff, wet soils hill culti-
walton is sometimes necessary, or the
young corn will be injured from heavy
rains All soils that have been well
tiled with drain-tiles will permit of
level culture, as the most tenacious
soils are pulverized by the air and
heat if well drained. No rule, how
ever, can be laid down for all to fol-
low, as hill or level culture depends
entirely upon circumstances.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15

are science, and an important scr
| ence, too; and it is ridiculous that
| work of such practical Importance
should be so largely intrusted to men
| who, however skilled and successful
they may be in their own department
OF industry, know little of the princi-
pies OF surveying or scientific road
making, and whose onlyide of repair
ing roadway is to pile 2 lot of dirt
IN the middle of the highway until it
becomes ridge of soil, along the rar-
row surface of which teams have to
pick their way.
However busy farmers and subur-
ban residents may be. they can hardly
afford to neglect the garden. 1t paws
to raise plenty OF good vegeta bles and
small fruits, and people who regard
the health and comfort of their fam
lilies should not fail to cultivate choice
varieties for home CONSUMPTION.
Those who use inferior garden prod
ucts, or only such as they can neither
sell nor give away, practice false econ
omy. The husbandman that laboreth
must be partaker of the fruits" said
Paul, and the admonition ought to be
needed by the great number of other
wise apparently sensible folks.
During the past few years the meth
DDS OF ensilaging have been much sim
pliiied. The costly and cumbrous
stone and cement silo has been aban-
doned, and Il common barn NOW.
closed tight with matched boards dou-
bled, with building paper between.
and the method of heating the fodder
by spontaneous fermentation, have
been substituted for the old and more
laborous system. The new process
also gets rid of the acid, and preserves
the fodder in a sweet condition. The
heat OF the fermentation destroys the
germs which produce acidity, and, to
some extent. improves the fodder as
to its digestibility.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15

whats wanting9 Why can't /
have my nap in peacee" querulously de-
manded Florine Fernley's voice ooh,
it is that everlasting dressmaker.
Mark! Mark! want So
$50 do ten thousand" Tetorted d
familiar voice from the next room.
''But | can't have all [ want"
s'You borrowed twenty of me to hire
that nonsenslcal opera-boX.
ssThat was business, my dear"
Business! Nonsense! Give me the
money, l say" fretted FIorine.
Eyes, business, my girl. Heiress-
hunting is as much business as specu-
lating on Wall street, and the fair
Henrietta is fish that won't Jump at
any ordinary bait"
''Hush!' cried Florine, sharply, and
then, turning to the soi-disant dress
maker, she said:
sit isn't convenient to pay you to-
day. Call again next week OF the
week after"
but resOlute voice; Il must have the
money now"
"Must" retorted Miss Fernley, as she
angrily rang the bell. ''Mary, show
this person out!'
Il decline to leave the dress until l
am paid for it, said Elite, firmly
Nov, look here, you dressmaking
girl" said the harsh voice of Markham
Fernley. as he advanced from the inner
apartment, none of your impudence.
Leave the dress or I'll send for a
policeman and teach you your proper
place in short order"
Il would not do that Mr.. Fernley, ;"
said Elite, who had by this time re-
covered her self-possession completely.
81 am not a 'dressmaking girl but
intend to collect the money that my
friend has earned"
Markham Fernley paused second,
then lighted the gas. Elite Hall de-
iberately threw back her veil.
The fair Henrietta, she quoted,
with a shrug of her shoulders.
miss HallI
''You have said it. And now let me
have the money for my friend. Miss
Maynard.
Certainly certainly" stammcred
Markham Fernley, fumbling in his
pocketbook. "And-
Thank you, with regal inclina-
ton of her head. "Good evening"
''But you will let me accompany YOU
homer" he pleaded.
Il shall do nothing of the sort" she
resolutely replied, as she deposited the
bill safely in her little silver portmon-
maize. "And let me advise you, Mr.
Fernley, to waste no more of your
valuable time and powerful intellect
in the unsatisfactory business of heir
ess hunting"
That was the last time that he ever
saw Henrietta Hail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15
Clever Miss Murfree.

OF Miss Mary Murfree the Savannah
NeaCs says: Every body has grown
accustomed to the fact that Charles
Egbert Craddock is woman, but no.
body who met the fragile, pale-faced,
lame girl during hera recent flying
visit to New York found it easy to I'M
derstand how such quiet little crea-
ture, who was obliged to sit to receive
her guests, could have obtained such
a mountaineer's familiarity with the
rocks and the trees of the Tennessee
crags, or have drawn such bold and
mastery sketches of the rough charac-
tiers who live among them. She writes
like an active, fearless man, &C
customed to every phase of wild out
of-dooI life. She looks like the most
delicate of fireside-bred women. She
is small, with big eyes that look bigger
when crowd has been ionizing her
till she is pathetcally tired. and is
dark-haired. She does not look like
an invalid precisely, but is evidently
far from strong. She is very simple,
natural and aightforward in CONVEX
sation. modest to degree in spite of
an amount of adulation that might
have turned any woman's head. ANY
reference to the long mystification
about her identity calls out a roguish
smile, and they say that when AldIich
was made speeches. with amazement
On his first presentation to her she
merely said: You know l owed YOU
one for Merierie Daw.'' -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15
HIGH OR LEVEL CULTURE.

1t has been for many years dis
puted question whether level or hill
culture was better for growing crops,
but as there are so many differences in
soils, while the modes required for
crops of all kinds, are unlike, the ex-
perience of each farmer on his own
soil can alone decide the matter. The
fact is that under certain conditions
either mode may be better than the
other. On soils that are damp, with
subsoils composed of stiff clay, the
killing system may perhaps be pre-
ferable; but where the soil is well I'M
derdrained, or the ground rolling. the
level system may be more suitable.
Cultivation of the soil is intended not
only to clear off the grass and weeds.
but also to assist the growing plants to
obtain aud retain the greatest amount
of heat and moisture, as we'll as to
afford more feed to the roots Some
thing also depends upon the kind OF
manure and fertilizer used, and upon
the quantity applied. In an expert
ment tried by an agricultural journal,
potatoes were grown at the rate of one
thousand bushels per acre, but the
fertilizer used was in sufficient guam
tity to supply all the requirements OF
the crop. The level cultivation was
practiced in growing the crop, and ii
is probable that a complete failure
would have been the result had the
killing system been followed, for the
reason tha> in-order to dissolve SC
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15
SKILLED FARM LABoRERs.

No idea has done more to repress
farming progress than the idea that
a farm laborer need not be skilled
that brute strength is the main re-
quisite. This never was true, and is
less so now than ever before since i'm
proved machinery has to be handled
But even in handling such old fash
toned implements as the ak and the
hoe efficiency depends as much upon
skill as upon muscle. It is by no
man who will do the most work in a
day. And when help is hired that is
entirely unused to our methods of
farming its inexperience greatly de-
tracts from its value. The truth is
that farming is a trade that has to be
learned if the workers at it would be
effective. 1t requires knowledge and
skill in a far larger number of things
than most other kinds of business
In fact, it is never fully learned. The
oldest and most successful farmer is
generally the most ready to learn
something new about his business,
and it is usually this habit which he
has kept up through his life that has
given him his success. That farmer
Shows only his limited idea of his bus
mess who thinks that he knows so
much about it that he cannot learn
anything more. And, though skill in
farm help is desirable, it is sometimes
better in rough work to have a green
hand willing to DO as he is told, and
to learn, than one seIf-conceited with
the idea that he knows everything al
ready. Much depends upon employ
ers. Some are themselves so conceited
that few hired men are willing to try
to learn from them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-09-15

Mr.. Ruskin desires to contradict the
'.partly idle, partly malicious" rumors
which have lately got abroad concern
ing his health. Whenever" he says,
4 write word that my friends dom t
like they say | am crazy; and never
consider what cruel and wicked form
of libel they thus provoke against the
work of an old. age in all its convic-
tons antagonistic to the changes of
the times and in all its comfort OPP
pressed by them